You Are My Light Foundation

What We Do

Supportive & Consultative Care

We provide compassionate, survivor-centered supportive and consultative care that helps individuals navigate medical, therapeutic, and wellness needs after rescue while restoring safety, dignity, and trust.

Our approach is intentionally non-acute and trauma-informed. Survivors are supported in understanding their options, accessing appropriate services, and coordinating care at a pace that feels safe and empowering.

Rather than operating in institutional or crisis-driven settings, care is integrated into calm, residential-style environments and daily life.

Supportive & Consultative Care focuses on guidance, coordination, and continuity, creating a stable foundation for long-term healing and independence.

Community Education & Resource Engagement

We engage communities through education and coordinated resource partnerships that strengthen survivor support systems and promote long-term prevention and restoration.

Community Education focuses on increasing understanding of trafficking, recovery, and the importance of restoration beyond rescue.

Resource Engagement connects survivors to trusted external services and partners, ensuring care extends beyond the walls of our centers.

By building informed communities and coordinated networks, this work helps reduce re-exploitation, close systemic gaps, and create pathways where survivors are supported by both structure and relationship.

Vocational Training & Life Skills

We provide vocational training and life skills development that equips survivors with practical tools, confidence, and real-world experience needed to build sustainable independence.
Learning is hands-on and mentorship-driven, emphasizing skill-building through doing rather than classroom instruction alone. Survivors are supported in developing workplace readiness, problem-solving skills, and personal routines that translate directly into daily life and employment pathways.

Vocational Training & Life Skills programs are designed to meet survivors where they are, honoring individual pace while preparing participants for meaningful work, financial stability, and long-term self-sufficiency.

Holistic Healing Programs

We offer holistic healing programs that support emotional, spiritual, and relational restoration as survivors reconnect with themselves, their values, and a sense of meaning beyond trauma.

These programs are non-denominational, trauma-informed, and grounded in practices that promote regulation, reflection, and personal agency. Survivors are invited, never pressured, to explore healing pathways that feel authentic and supportive, whether through creative expression, guided reflection, group connection, or restorative environments.

Holistic healing is integrated into daily life and offered alongside other services, helping survivors build inner stability and resilience that supports long-term growth and independence.

Financial Stability & Housing Navigation

We support survivors in building financial stability and navigating safe housing options, including the critical first steps for individuals who have never rented or lived independently.

Rather than rushing outcomes, this support focuses on education, guidance, and confidence-building. Survivors are helped to understand housing processes, budgeting basics, and tenant responsibilities in a way that feels manageable and empowering.

Financial Stability & Housing Navigation provides structure without pressure, ensuring survivors are supported as they transition toward safe, stable housing and long-term independence.

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Why Our Mission Matters

“As a survivor, I know firsthand that escaping the harm and threat of trafficking is only
step one. The real work begins afterward, learning how to feel safe, trust yourself, and
rebuild a life. Centers like the ones the You Are My Light Foundation plan to build will
give survivors the stability, community, and trauma-informed support that make healing
possible. Safety saves lives, but community support and belonging help to restore
them.”

— Adrienne F.

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